'Following' in the Bible

Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith!

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him,

and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

Meanwhile, Peter was following Him at a distance right to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the temple police to see the outcome.

The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate

and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.

(The Pharisees and indeed all the Jewish people don't eat unless they wash their hands properly, following the tradition of their elders.

Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”

And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, 'One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

and Jesus said to him, 'Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.

And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, 'Hosanna! blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord;

On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He was hungry.

Now a certain young man, having a linen cloth wrapped around his naked body, was following Him. They caught hold of him,

(who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, 'Be following me;'

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower.

And it came to pass on the following day, when they came down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.

They seized Him, led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.

And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

So the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

And a huge crowd was following Him because they saw the signs that He was performing by healing the sick.

The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

Meanwhile, Simon Peter was following Jesus, as was another disciple. That disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest; so he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.

Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus told him, "Keep following me."

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

Jesus told him, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!"

and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days.

So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.

On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. That man also perished, and all his partisans were scattered.

On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

The messenger also said to him, 'Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals;' and he did so; and he saith to him, 'Put thy garment round and be following me;'

and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

As they were leaving, the people begged that these matters be presented to them the following Sabbath.

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.

With them they sent the following letter: “The apostles and the brothers who are the elders, to the brothers and sisters who are from the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, Greetings.

So putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

Paul--following his usual custom--betook himself to it, and for three successive Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and the day after, we came to Miletus.

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

Then Paul, having taken the men, on the following day, with them having purified himself, was entering into the temple, announcing the fulfilment of the days of the purification, till the offering was offered for each one of them.

for the mass of people followed, yelling, “Take him away!”

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul with [thoughtful] consideration, allowed him to go to his friends there and be cared for and refreshed.

From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium [on Italy’s southern tip]; and a day later a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

Nor is the gift [of grace] like that which came through the one who sinned. For on the one hand the judgment [following the sin] resulted from one trespass and brought condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift resulted from many trespasses and brought justification [the release from sin’s penalty for those who believe].

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?

and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For this was my purpose in writing, to see if you would stand the test, whether you are obedient and committed to following my instruction in all things.

Someone like this should take note of the following: What we say by letter when we are absent is what we will do when present!

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of the Messiah and, instead, are following a different gospel,

You were running [the race] well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth?

in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].

Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Christ.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight

Now the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons,

In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.

For already some of them have gone astray, following Satan.

The sins of some people are conspicuous, leading the way for them into judgment [so that they are clearly not qualified for ministry]; but the sins of others appear later [for they are hidden and follow behind them].

For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

And let our people too learn to set a good example in following honest occupations for the supply of their necessities, so that they may not live useless lives.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham [following him and having regard for him as head of their house], calling him lord. And you have become her daughters if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear [that is, being respectful toward your husband but not giving in to intimidation, nor allowing yourself to be led into sin, nor to be harmed].

For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

And this is love: that we walk in accordance with His commandments and are guided continually by His precepts. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should [always] walk in love.

Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.

These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.

They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires."

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand -- the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life:

"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has the sharp double-edged sword: